Conflict of Interest? Incoming CFTC Chair Has Deep Ties with Crypto and Prediction Markets
Brian Quintenz, whom US President Donald Trump nominated to be the next Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), disclosed $3.4 million in assets, along with deep ties to the crypto industry and prediction markets.
Active Roles in Crypto and Prediction Markets
Quintenz, who served as a CFTC Commissioner from 2017 to 2021, is currently the Global Head of Crypto Policy at a16z, the crypto arm of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He will resign after the US Senate confirms him as the CFTC Chair.
He is also a board member at Kalshi, a US-based prediction market, and owns stock and unvested stock options in the firm. He also holds stock and vested stock options in the finance and lending brokerage Next Level…
